USS Thompson (DD-627)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Thompson.
USS Thompson (DD-627) (later DMS-38) was first a Gleaves-class destroyer, then became an Ellyson-class destroyer minesweeper. She was the second Navy ship named "Thompson", and the first named in honor of Robert M. Thompson.
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Thompson in May 1944 | |
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Name | Thompson |
Namesake | Robert Means Thompson |
Builder | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation |
Laid down | 22 September 1941 |
Launched | 15 July 1942 |
Commissioned | 10 July 1943 |
Reclassified | DMS-38, 30 May 1945 |
Decommissioned | 18 May 1954 |
Stricken | 1 July 1971 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 7 August 1972 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gleaves-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,630 tons |
Length | 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
Draft | 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m) |
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Speed | 37.4 knots (69 km/h) |
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Complement | 16 officers, 260 enlisted |
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